Category: Practice notes

The Sounders announced Saturday that midfielder Osvaldo Alonso had undergone right groin surgery. On Monday morning, when the team returned to Starfire Sports Complex for training for the first time in a week-and-a-half, coach Sigi Schmid revealed more of what that means for Alonso’s status for the beginning of the season. Schmid said that the surgery was…

There isn’t a lot of mystery with the Sounders’ opening day lineup — especially when compared to this point last year, when player acquisitions were coming hard and fast. “We’ve gotten good work done,” Seattle coach Sigi Schmid said from the team’s preseason camp in Southern California. “At this stage, we’re probably ahead of where…

Sounders midfielder Osvaldo Alonso missed another training session Wednesday at Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila with what he confirmed is a groin injury. “He’s making progress,” Seattle coach Sigi Schmid said. “He sees a specialist today because this is the doctor we wanted him to see. He sees him this afternoon, and after that we’ll have…

Reports emerged last week indicating that goalkeeper Tyler Miller, Seattle’s second-round draft pick, had accepted a fourth-division contract to play in Germany. Given that the Sounders traded away the rights to Homegrown Player Sean Okoli to New England for the pick, it appeared Seattle had lost its gamble to convince the young ‘keeper to come…

It has been nearly two months since the Seattle Sounders signed Nigerian defender Onyekachi Apam at the trade deadline hoping to bolster what was, at the time, a leaky back line. Apam was a former international and once played for Stade Rennes in the French Ligue 1 — but he’d played in only a handful of…

“In the old days, in soccer, we fought a lot more than they do now.” Thus began Seattle coach Sigi Schmid’s post-practice press conference Wednesday morning at CenturyLink Field. “The first rule was, you found a teammate – hopefully a nice, strong teammate – and you went back to back so you wouldn’t get blindsided,” Schmid said. He…

The United States men’s national team plays a pair of friendlies in November: One against Colombia in London on the 14th and another against Ireland in Dublin four days later. And though the international break is squeezed in between the Western Conference semifinals and finals, Seattle coach Sigi Schmid confirmed Tuesday that a few Sounders were…

In the immediate aftermath of Seattle’s 2-2 draw with L.A. on Sunday, one in which it fought from two goals down in the final 25 minutes, the Sounders were buzzing. They dug into their mental reserves against a team that had its number in the past, keeping its narrow edge in the Supporters’ Shield standings ahead…

Andy Rose scored three goals in two games in early-September, including the last-minute game-winner versus Real Salt Lake. He has started four of Seattle’s last 11 MLS matches and made appearances in all of them. But Micheal Azira took his place in the Sounders starting midfield for their two victories over Chivas USA and Colorado, providing…

The Sounders trained today at Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila for the first time since Saturday, Sept. 13, for the first time since a road trip that took them to Philadelphia to New York to Dallas and back again. “Whenever you’re on a long away trip, it takes its toll,” attacker Lamar Neagle said. “It feels like…